“In February, Patently Apple posted a report titled “Samsung Backtracks and is Reportedly Planning to Sell Refurbished Note 7 Smartphones in Q3.” Samsung’s President of Mobile Communications, D.J. Koh, announced during a special presentation surrounding the findings of the Note 7 fires by independent sources, that 4.7 million Note 7 smartphones were produced and that 96% of them had been returned to them,” Jack Purcher reports for Patently Apple. “Samsung further noted that they would sell refurbished Note 7s at a later date.”
“At the time the rumors were that Samsung would use the refurbished Note 7’s to excite sales in emerging markets with cheap Note 7s,” Purcher reports. “But… with the iPhone 8 capturing the imagination of global consumers as they delay the purchase of a smartphone this year until they see what innovation Apple could be bringing to market, Samsung has decided that they would sell the refurbished Note 7’s [in the South Korean market] just prior to the release of the iPhone 8 in order to hurt sales of the iPhone 8.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Good luck firing up South Korea with your fire sale, Samsung.
Interns: TTK!
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Samsung has no clue why their phones explode, yet they shipped replacements anyway, assuring their customers they were safe – October 14, 2016
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers “Fred Mertz” and “Dan K.” for the heads up.]
Let’s hope the South Koreans aren’t allowed on planes with these devices
Lets take out the “South Korean” part and just leave the conversation to the device. 🙂
The Chaebol is still trying self-immolation.
“Nothing stops this train.”
–W.W.
GFL Samsung!
Once bitten …
That hurts, because companies typically make their biggest profits in their home markets. So, if Samsung has to sell refurbed Note7s, in their home market, to fend off the competition, then they’ll be making less profit per unit sold. Given how hard it is for foreign mfrs to succeed in Korea, Apple’s success there is really quite amazing. People don’t realize how incredible Apple’s results have been in S Korea and Japan, two incredibly hard markets to break into.
I still wouldn’t let them on a plane, or in my house.
We’ve been burned before by Samsung’s “no, we really really fixed it this time!” speech.
Sounds like they’re implementing a “scorched earth policy”😜 on their own home turf.
“Fire sale” – good one, MDN… 🙂
Damn, that’ll be more dangerous than a nuke from the kook, Dennis Rodman’s boyfriend up north.
In other word… Samsung plans to blow up South Korea so that no one is allowed to buy a new iPhone. Just like Samsung to do such a deed. Can’t compete? Just blow up every body!
🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥
